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Publication details [#26816]

Wiggins, Sally. 2002. Talking with your mouth full: Gustatory Mmms and the embodiment of pleasure. Research on Language and Social Interaction 35 (3) : 311–336.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversational analysis | dinner conversation | expression1 | family conversation

Place, Publisher

Lawrence Erlbaum

ISBN

0835-1813

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

This paper focuses on the interactional and discursive nature of the expression of gustatory pleasure, analyzing sequential features and intonation of 'mmm'-expressions uttered during family and adult group mealtime conversations.